what is up guys first here and when I
was on YouTube earlier today I was
scrolling down the comments section of
the whatever video I was watching and on
the recommended side you know that
little slide where it shows all those
videos there was a thumbnail with mark
zuckerberg on it that said college
degrees are worthless and the title of
it is something like why the most
successful people say that college
degrees are useless
so I just wanted to give my two cents on
the topic
first I want to lay out two things
number one is I'm currently finishing up
my computer science degree so I may be a
little bit biased take whatever I say
with a grain of salt number two I
haven't watched that video just yet
because I don't want those opinions to
skew my opinion I want to give whatever
I'm thinking without anybody else's
viewpoints influencing my thoughts
before I actually watch that video and
before you go disliking the video based
on whatever bias I may have or whatever
I titled this video I want to say you
don't need to have a college degree to
be successful there are plenty of
successful people without college
degrees most of the people I know who
are like incredibly successful they
don't most of them if not all of them
don't have a college degree now maybe a
little bit different story because most
of those people are doing blue-collar
work whereas you know they have a trade
skill and they build up a business
working that trade but then there are
plenty of people that we know about that
have a college degree that are also
incredibly successful in my opinion on
that is that those people who are
successful we're going to be successful
regardless of whether or not they went
to college or didn't go to college it
takes much more than a college degree to
become successful is what I'm trying to
say but as far as the main question is a
college degree worthless I mean the
simple answer is no because a college
degree can get you into so many doors I
mean there are many jobs that filter
based on college degrees
for example I've had four internship
co-op deals with in my computer science
career that I never would have had the
opportunity of pursuing if it wasn't for
my college degree I mean it's as simple
as that
and as I'm finishing up my senior year
of my college degree I've been applying
to different places and you know how
many places filter out college degrees
or people who don't have college degrees
rather I'm not saying it's most but
there are many that do I mean they have
let's say 50 applicants one way of
filtering out part of those applicants
are saying alright this person has a
college degree let's keep that resume
this person doesn't have a college
degree let's throw that one in the trash
and I mean that happens whether you like
it or not the people who get thrown in
the trash you don't have a college
degree or sometimes or maybe even most
the times better at programming software
for example since I'm
your science student software developer
then those with a college degree I mean
a portfolio and this space will tell
much more about the person and what they
can do then a simple degree but whether
you like it or not you have to face the
facts a college degree can get your foot
in the door where otherwise not having
one cannot and of course my point of
view on things and my career path on
things is going to be different from
yours even if it is along a similar path
it's going to be different I mean for
all I know you can be doing blue-collar
work and make a whole lot more money
than any software developer there is
except for you know those who create
billion-dollar companies but there are
so many people who are welders offshore
welders there are plumbers who make an
insane amount of money and they don't
need a college degree maybe they have
one maybe they don't but they don't need
a college degree and let me tell you one
thing having a college degree does not
make someone smarter than someone who
doesn't have a college degree the
smartest people I know don't have a
college degree so what does that say
about me pursuing a college degree
I don't really know oh I I don't I'll
let you judge me I'm not gonna judge
myself but college degrees are most
definitely not worthless whether or not
they're worth it to you is a completely
different story and since I haven't
watched that video maybe that's what
they're kind of getting it maybe they
said the same exact thing is me where if
you're trying to you know be an
entrepreneur and build a business then a
college degree very well could be
worthless I mean the actual degree if
you're building a business yes that that
is worthless I don't see how that can
really help you out in any which way but
the knowledge you learn obtaining that
college degree can help you build a
business depending on what you actually
learn and how much of it that you apply
into whatever business that you're
trying to build so that give my point
across I know it's a bit wishy-washy
because I know every body is different
some people need structure so they need
to go to college in order to you know
achieve what they want for me I've had a
web programming class that I really
disliked the process at least like the
first half first three quarters of the
semester even where I was creating a
slack clone then I know I never would
have finished unless it was for that
course like if I wasn't in that course I
was trying to build this project on my
own I never would have finished it
because though so I just didn't like it
but by the time I finish it I'm like
I'm so glad that I ended up finishing it
because now I have something to add to
my portfolio and now I have all this
knowledge that I obtained by building
this application and I never would have
finished it if it wasn't for the
structure of that college course and
knowing that I would lose all of this
money if I fail this college course so
you just need to figure out what you
want to do in your life I mean if you
want to be a doctor or something get a
college degree if you want to be a
lawyer
get a college degree but if you want to
do even software development you don't
need a college degree
I mean basically the way I look at it
unless you're doing something that is
really heavy and research or something
of that nature within stem or you want
to be a professor or a lawyer or a
doctor maybe I'm missing one or two
things but if you're not doing those
things then you probably don't need a
college degree but College can't help
you take you to that next level so it's
all on a case by case basis whatever
works best for you so I really hope I
drove the point home that college
degrees are not worthless or useless but
you don't need it either but it can help
in some situation so I hope you guys
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